weedeater motor

Andy Grant

Andy Grant

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Has anybody built one here yet with the previous info posted? I think I have found a weedeater to use.
 
Mark W. is almost finished with his. His turned out great! Mine is on the bench in pieces yet. I just sold the boat I was going to use it on. Now I have to find something else...duh!

Ed L.
 
Yep, mine is almost done. It has been sitting in it's current state for a couple of months now. All that is left is for me to hook up the kill switch and the throttle cable. Neither of them and big monumental task or anything, I've just been busy carting my kids around to all their winter activities. I have all day tomorrow to complete it and this is the plan.

Mark W
 
Andy, what type of boat are you planning to use it on. How fast do you expect it to push use. intreging idea.
 
Andy, what type of boat are you planning to use it on. How fast do you expect it to push use. intreging idea.
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I have a marsh rat and a scull that I would use it on. I would only expect to a bit faster than kind of slow. I missed the sale on weed eaters though. They were sold out. So the project will have to wait.
 
Hi Guys, I'm a little late to this party but here's my bit. I just helped a guy put a weedeater motor on a go-cart. I was able to make the clutch from the trimmer (it was a John Deere)couple to a gearbox and it works great. If you have stalling problems from a lack of torque the clutch may be the answer. I haven't followed this thread so if this has been addressed before please excuse me.
Good Luck John
 
John,
The couple I have put together were direct drive, no clutch. The guy who came up with the idea for these little motors in the first place said that he burnt up a couple of clutches trying to come up with a prototype. I think gear reduction is the answer. Shawn
 
Hey John Aug -

What kind of gearbox did your buddy hook it up to? Curious minds would really like to know.

From what I have read on the use of a clutch for this application - it has not worked well. Lot's of melted plastic according to many who have gone this route. Maybe if you had a heavier duty clutch it might work.

Mark W
 
The gearbox we used would not work for this application. It was a 20/1 box that we use on the capper in the dairy. (Too much reduction and too large) It did work great on the cart. I utilized the clutch that came on the trimmer we used. All I did was turn a new housing, add three clutch discs,and weld the input shaft for the gearbox to the housing. What ratio are you running?
Sounds like fun, John
 
I'm running without a clutch and I'm running with no gear reduction. 3:1 would be about perfect but I've had no luck locating a reasonably priced unit that will hook up to the motor I have and do the job. Most use the weeedwhacker with no clutch and no reduction unless you get to the commercially available units which cost upwards of $900.

Mark W
 
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